Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSThe Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off.
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Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
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How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.
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One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human pre-history where nobody – not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms – had the smallest idea what was going on.
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.
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Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.
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Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
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